The most effective method to download Vevo videos on Mac

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Vevo today is one of the most popular platforms providing premium music content from top artists. However, Vevo releases not only music, but also all types of entertainment video content like live performances, interviews with artists, behind-the-scenes videos and much more. Now that Vevo has shut down its own commercial website and apps a while back, one of the easiest way to enjoy Vevo videos is using YouTube. You can find newly-released music videos of the highest quality by simply heading to an official Vevo channel on YouTube. Also, you can search for popular videos on YouTube and look for the Vevo logo in the lower left corner of the video thumbnail which means that this video content is delivered straight from Vevo.

When watching Vevo videos on YouTube, one often thinks of a possibility to save the video to a hard drive. It's sometimes necessary to have an offline copy of an important video, or just to share the video with friends or to transfer it to another device. For whatever reason one wants to save a Vevo video from YouTube, one needs a reliable video downloader, simple yet powerful. Let's see what's the easiest way to download Vevo videos on Mac.

1. VideoDuke as your effective video downloader from Vevo

VideoDuke is a neat but feature-rich and powerful Vevo video downloader from YouTube channel. VideoDuke's interface is comprehensive and easy-to-use, while its multiple options let you tune video downloading process up to your specific needs allowing choosing video format and resolution, for example. With VideoDuke you can download and enjoy offline not only YouTube-hosted Vevo videos, but practically any online video from more than 1000 video-hosting websites, like Vimeo, YouTube, Dailymotion, or even social media sites like Facebook.

2. Downloading Vevo videos using VideoDuke

Run the app and open YouTube in the main window via Quick access button.

Find the required Vevo video on YouTube and start playing it.

VideoDuke will immediately start processing the video for a download.

Set the desired resolution and format of the video and start a download.

You can find the downloaded video in Downloads -> VideoDuke. You can assign a different destination folder in Preferences (the “Save downloaded files to” option).

3. How to download Vevo playlists on Mac

Here's a guide on how to download playlists from the Vevo channel on YouTube:

In VideoDuke main window, go to YouTube through the Quick access option. Go to the Vevo channel and locate a Vevo playlist to download.

Open the playlist for VideoDuke to start processing all the links.

Open the “Videos” tab in VideoDuke and wait till it catches all the links of the playlist. Now set the preferred video format and quality. Note that the app automatically chooses the highest resolution among the available ones for each video from a playlist.

Click the “Download all” button. The downloaded playlist videos can be located in Downloads -> VideoDuke. To change the destination folder, go to VideDuke Preferences (the “Save downloaded files to” option).

4. Download videos from Vevo in different resolutions

Sometimes one needs to download a video from the Vevo channel on YouTube in a specific resolution. For example, to view a video on a smartphone, 360p will be enough. But low resolutions look blurry on larger screens. So if you want to playback a video on a large screen or to share it on social media, you should download a Vevo video in the highest possible quality available, say 1080p. Let's see how to set the quality for the Vevo video you need to download from YouTube.

If you already have the video URL, just paste it into the search bar of VideoDuke.

Otherwise, open YouTube in the main window of VideoDuke via the Quick access option. Browse the Vevo channel on YouTube to find the desired video.

Start playing the video. VideoDuke will start processing it at once in the “Video” tab.

Now set the required resolution and click Download. The list of available resolutions will depend on the video itself hosted by YouTube. VideoDuke offers you to download Vevo videos in resolutions starting from 144p to 1080p (Full HD) and even 8K (UHD).

The video is saved to the default folder which can be found in Downloads -> VideoDuke. You can always set an alternative download folder in VideoDuke Preferences (the “Save downloaded files to” option).

5. How to download an audio file from a Vevo video

To download an audio file in MP3 format from the Vevo channel on YouTube, see the following instruction:

If you already have an exact link to the video you want to extract MP3 from, simply paste it into VideoDuke search bar. Press Enter and VideoDuke will immediately start processing the video.

In case you do not have the URL of the desired video, open YouTube in the main window of VideoDuke via the Quick access button. Search for the required video on the Vevo channel on YouTube.

Switch to the “Audio” tab of VideoDuke and click Download

The extracted audio file is downloaded either into the default folder (Downloads -> VideoDuke) or the custom download folder which can be set in VideoDuke Preferences (the “Save downloaded files to” option).

6. Downloading Vevo channels on Mac OS X

With VideoDuke, you can download the entire Vevo channel on YouTube. Note that the download speed will depend on the amount of videos to be downloaded. The more videos the channel has, the more time it will take VideoDuke to process and download them all.

Open YouTube in the main window of VideoDuke via the Quick access option. Open the Vevo channel on YouTube.

Once VideoDuke handles all the links, switch to the “Videos” tab of VideoDuke. Wait until the app processes all the video links.

Now set the desired format and quality for each video from the Vevo channel. Note that VideoDuke automatically chooses the highest available resolution.

Click “Download all”. You can find the downloaded videos in the default folder (Downloads → VideoDuke). The alternative destination folder can be assigned in VideoDuke Preferences (the “Save downloaded files to” option).

7. Additional benefits of VideoDuke

VideoDuke possesses more features than an average video downloader does. This lightweight yet comprehensive and powerful app lets you set the desired video format and quality when you download online videos to your Mac. Besides, you can extract an audio out of a video or even download a whole playlist from YouTube. Let's review all the awesome VideoDuke features that allow you getting high-quality videos with little effort on your part:

- Download Virtually Any Video to Your Mac VideoDuke lets you download videos from the most popular online video hosts like YouTube, Dailymotion, Vimeo, Reddit etc. HTML5 videos, as well as Full HD and even Ultra HD (8K) videos are supported.

- Set Specific Video Format and Resolution VideoDuke allows choosing one of the widely-used video formats for the downloaded video - 3GP, MP4, M4V or FLV. It is also possible to set a preferred video resolution (starting from 144p to 1080p Full HD and 8K UHD).

- Quickly Get to the Most Popular Video Sites The Quick access option lets you browse three top video platforms - YouTube, Vimeo and Dailymotion - directly via VideoDuke interface.

- Bookmark Your Favorite Websites and Videos To always have your top webpages and videos at hand, just bookmark them to easily locate at any time at VideoDuke bookmark panel.

- Download in a Few Clicks You don't have to be an expert to use Simple Mode of VideoDuke. All you need to do is copy the video URL and insert it into VideoDuke search bar. Click the Download button. That's all! Now simply go and take the downloaded video in the Downloads folder.

- Advanced Mode for Prolific Settings In Advanced Mode of VideoDuke you can see all the extra information available on the web page. You can decide which additional resources related to the video (audio, Flash animation, album covers, subtitles, song lyrics, etc.) you will need to download together with the video.

- Download YouTube Video Subtitles Subtitles for YouTube videos are automatically saved to your Mac along with the video itself when the corresponding VideoDuke option is checked. The most popular SRT format is used.

- Extract Audio Sometimes one does not need the whole video but just a sound instead. With VideoDuke you can download not only an entire online video but also exquisitely an audio out of it. Save soundtracks, lectures, etc as a separate audio file in MP3 format to your Mac. Now you can listen to your audio file offline whenever you want, take it with you by uploading to your smartphone, share it with friends in any messenger or use to create a remix.

- Save YouTube Playlists and Channels With Advanced Mode of VideoDuke you can download an entire YouTube playlist or even YouTube channel to watch your favorite music clips without Internet connection or to transfer the playlist to another device. When downloading, you can set the specific format and resolution for each video of the playlist.

- Free Version of VideoDuke VideoDuke provides the free trial version so you can thoroughly test its great options to see what makes it the best Mac video downloader and sound extractor.

Thanks for reading our article about the most effective way to download music videos from Vevo on Mac. VideoDuke is an ideal choice when one needs to save original Vevo content from YouTube channel. Now you can download high-quality premium videos from the leading online music platform in just a few clicks. And thanks to multiple VideoDuke awesome options, you can extract sound out of Vevo music videos or even save whole Vevo playlists to your Mac. Don't hesitate to try a free version of VideoDuke to see all its useful features.